On Thu, 27 May 2004 12:41:03 -0400 Jeremy Brown <jeremy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hmm...but the only people listening on this list are Fedora users. > Chris Sharp told his story outside Redmond, which is why you heard it. > If he'd expressed his "opinions" on "windows-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" (or > wherever, you get the point) then we wouldn't be having this > discussion. By contrast, the only people who will ever hear your > rebuttle right now are Fedora users. > > I just saw your response to Travis as well. I don't think anyone's > disputing that alterting the list about issues like this and having a > little discussion are good things. But a thread like this has huge > potential to erupt into a "you're momma's so fat" kind of flamewar, > which just clutters this list and distracts from users who have much > more legitimate (and much less sensational) questions to ask. If these > users can't find answers, many will go elsewhere to more sympathetic > ears, be it another distribution or another OS entirely. > > If you're really concerned that Fedora's appearance is being damaged by > this guy, maybe the Fedora community should have an "official" PR > response? Personally, I don't give much weight to Mr. Sharp. There's > plenty of real world proof that open source solutions work well, and can > even be beneficial for small software businesses, and Sharp's > credibility is undermined by the fact that he works for Microsoft now. > Only staunch Microsoft supporters (who wouldn't have chosen open source > anyway) will really fall into this trap. Jeremy, Not looking for a flame war. All I was commenting on was the assertion that the original post itself was somehow inappropriate. Cheers, Sean P.S. Your Mamma... ;o)
